Pence Says Trump Is 'Wrong' For Suggesting He Could've Overturned 2020 Election
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Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech on Friday that he had no legal authority to change the outcome of the 2020 election, rebuking the claim made by former President Donald Trump.
"President Trump is wrong," Pence said during his speech at a Federalist Society event in Florida. "Frankly there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president." Pence's recent comments are the strongest rejection of Trump’s efforts to change the results of the 2020 election, which he has kept relatively quiet on since Joe Biden took over as president. The former vice president, who launched a conservative advocacy group last April, also suggested that the Republican Party would take back the White House in 2024. Trump released a "fiery" statement on Friday night in response to Pence's comments, calling the former vice president “an automatic conveyor belt” for the "Old Crow" Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to get Biden elected President "as quickly as possible."
Pence's comments were prominently covered across the spectrum, with most outlets emphasizing how Trump and Pence's relationship has "soured" in the year since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Some left-rated outlets noted how Pence "stopped short of completely breaking" off from Trump's base, which remains a large portion of the Republican Party. Many right-rated voices such as National Review (Right bias) expressed how it was "good" to see Pence criticize Trump "forcefully and by name," highlighting how the former vice president's "commitment to the U.S. Constitution and deep faith made him do the right thing in the face of tremendous pressure."
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From the Right
Pence Smacks Down Idea He Could Have ‘Overturned’ 2020 ElectionFormer Vice President Mike Pence rebuked former President Donald Trump’s assertion that he could have overturned the result of the 2020 election in a Friday speech.
Pence made the statement during an address to the Federalist Society, days after Trump attacked him for refusing to hold up the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory in January 2021. Trump had reiterated his claim Sunday that Pence could have overturned the election.
“There are those in our party who believe that, as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, that I possessed...
From the Left
Pence says 'Trump is wrong' to say then-vice president had the right to overturn 2020 electionFormer Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that "President (Donald) Trump is wrong" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
Speaking at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference near Orlando, Pence delivered his strongest response yet to Trump's ongoing efforts to relitigate the 2020 presidential election, calling it "un-American" to suggest one person could have decided the outcome.
Pence warned against conservatives who continue to insist the vice president can alter an election, and said it could be...
From the Center
Pence Calls Trump Wrong in Claiming Vice President Could Overturn Election ResultFormer Vice President Mike Pence forcefully rejected former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that Mr. Pence could have overturned the 2020 election outcome during the session of Congress that was interrupted by pro-Trump rioters.
“President Trump is wrong,” Mr. Pence said in a speech Friday. “The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone. And frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.”
Mr. Pence oversaw the Jan. 6, 2021, certification of President Biden’s Electoral College victory and ignored...
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